HOUSTON – The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for coastal counties until Friday morning, with a rip current risk lasting until 9 pm.
We’re tracking more opportunities for rain over the next couple of days. Heavier rain totals, standing water and elevated tides are adding to the flash flood risk.
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Has it been a wet year?
If you think it’s been a rainy year at the coast, you’d be correct, by 35+ inches of rain!
Since Jan. 1, Galveston has already received 53.46 inches of rain and if you think we’ve received way more rain compared to last year - you’d be right. Last year, we received 17.90 inches of rain.
Record breaking rainfall:
Labor Day is traditionally a weekend spent by the pool, at a beach, or at a BBQ.
This year rain, gusty conditions, flooding, rough coastal waves had numerous folks stalled out in the middle of secondary streets.
In fact, on Labor Day Galveston received 5.60 inches of rain -- beating the records in 1941′s rainfall record of 4.64 inches.
KPRC 2 FLOOD TRACKER: Get alerted if flooding is occurring in your immediate area
And more rain is on the way:
Thanks to a low-pressure system, rain is coming from the Gulf, which is why the rain totals are so high near the coast. You can see the coast isn’t getting a break anytime soon. We could get another 5 inches of rain among our coastal cities.